Iowa Territory

The Iowa Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from 4 July 1838 to 28 December 1846, and it was organized from the Wisconsin Territory. The territory covered 194,000 square miles on land in Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota, and Burlington was the stop-gap capital until Iowa City became the territorial capital in 1841. On 28 December 1846, Iowa was granted statehood.